It seems that criminals won’t be playing a PS3 any time soon while in jail. UK Home Secretary John Reid has said that the console won’t be allowed in jails due to the Wi-Fi capabilities, which allow communication outside of the prison.

“Advice was issued to all prisons in December 2005 that the Sony PlayStation 3 was barred from the prison estate because of the equipment’s ability to send and receive radio signals,”

Other consoles also have wireless features, including the Wii and Xbox 360, so why aren’t they banned as well? I was not aware that prisons even had hotspots, or even why they have video games in there in the first place.

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